HMS Acheron (1911)
HMS Acheron passing Spitbank Fort | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Acheron |
| Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston |
| Launched | 27 June 1911 |
| Fate | Sold 9 May 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Acheron-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 770 tons |
| Length | 77 m (253 ft) |
| Beam | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Draught | 2.7 m (8.9 ft) |
| Installed power | 15,500 shp (11,600 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 29 kn (54 km/h) |
| Range | 5,500 nmi at 15 kt |
| Complement | 72 |
| Armament |
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HMS Acheron was the name ship of the Acheron-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is named after the River Acheron, believed in Greek Mythology to be a branch of the River Styx. She was the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.